Gender-moderated associations between adolescent mental health, conventional substance use, and vaping

Existing studies have overlooked the moderating effect of gender on the associations between mental health, conventional substance use, and electronic vapor product (EVP) use, colloquially called “vaping.” Thus, this study examined whether mental health problems and conventional substance use have different effects on EVP use among female and male adolescents. Data were drawn from the CDC’s 2019 Youth Risk Behavior System Survey. A multivariate...